the night before Netflix released the series.

Their main roles include holding police constabularies to account, deciding how much money the public should contribute to policing through council tax, and cutting crime through means such as outreach programmes.Since the role’s inception in 2012, Avon and Somerset’s PCC has been served by Independent Sue Mountstevens until 2021 and then by Mr Shelford up until this election.

A bus operator has launched a new driver training school and announced plans to recruit up to 200 drivers by summer.Go North East, which runs depots in Sunderland, Washington, Gateshead, Hexham, Percy Main and Consett, said it had "tripled" its teaching capacity.Industry bosses previously said companies needed to do more to make the job attractive by increasing pay and improving conditions.

Managing director Nigel Featham said several new routes had been introduced in response to increased demand.“Across the North East there is big investment in public transport," Mr Featham told the BBC at a campaign launch event at the North East Land, Sea and Air Museum in Washington.

"We’re seeing fares cut, more services out there, more people using public transport and we need more drivers."

Adding that the company was keen to change negative perceptions of bus driving, he said: "We’re starting to see people give up office work, factory work and trying something completely new and different.""One of my self-care routines is sitting at home without a smile on my face," he laughed.

"I'm done smiling, I'm done talking, I'm done educating. I am very aware that I need time on my own to recharge."When asked how parents should react when their child points out a stranger's differences, he said they should try to turn it into a positive experience.

"Once they have a little bit of knowledge, or a little bit of an answer, kids usually accept that and they move on," he said."By telling them to be quiet, or 'Shhhh, we don't want to offend that person, come away' that's not going to help. That's just going to increase that curiosity."